Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-02-21
BeetOwn.

pated me in writing up the campfire
that was not campfire, and the dance
that WdS dance, and the reunion of
the vets, that was big time and good
time generally, | hoped that he would
keep on IN the way of well-doing and
keep you posted in the occurrences of
less moment, yet perhaps worthy of
place in your locals, but he appears to
have ''petered out" as the miners ex-
press it. His well known antipathy TO
dissecting wood-piles will never permit
him to write his name down, 81 saw"
so have no fears of his cribbing that
mon de plume.n His account was
very interesting and correct, but there
has been a change of programs as to
the way in which the 'boys' will in
vest the wealth acquired at their enter
tainment. Gun caps and bayonets they
have no further use for; they could not
agree to start suffers shop, as every
one wanted to be sutler, the proposition
to use it for the sick and needy of the
Post, was succeeded by such fusilade
of complaining and grunting that the
surgeon said that there was not enough
to supply the members in good stand
ing with porous plasters. 80 that fell
through. Comrade then pro-
posed that $15 be invested in bareback,
sowbelly and beans, and the rest of the
fund in one dozen tin cups and ten
gallon keg with all that the name in-
plies" 1t was carried unanimously;
so when those commissary goods arrive
there will be a campfire as is camp
fire, aud your reporter will be present
and his name will be, Vici.
Doc. Hartford and Matt. Edwards
took in the ice-palace at st. Paul. or
rather it took them in. They report it
as very beautiful but not very durable.
During their carnival they visited the
panorama of the Battle of Gettysburg
and were well pleased with it. On their
return they FASTENED to do justice to
one of our old soldiers who was on that
bloody ground, and who has frequently
stated that he there saw horse tunnel
ed from fore to aft by sixty.pound
cannon ball, and that the horse kept
right on eating grass. For that yarn,
well stuck to, o. L. has been under a
cloud and regarded as q falsifier and q
tuneful Tyre and all that. But now he
is set all right before the public, and
his character established, for Matt.
looked for that noble steed and found
him and regarded him carefully and
says he was in the picture, and must be
just about that age; and had hole
plum through from the left fore-shoulder
to the right hind-hip; and he believes
he was still eating grass. but he amt
right sure about that. Truth crushed
to earth aOiU rise again. | have not in
terviewed the other carnivalist, but /
know he will corroborate his partner,
as | never knew him to go back ON a
big story, or chap that got into trouble
on account of one. "A fellow feeling
makes us wondrous kind. = s
We claim him for Beetown; born and
bred here, and we are very proud of
him; the discoverer and inventor of y
short, sensible and pleasant road to the
state of matrimony, when the party is
made up. No blowing of horns a long
time beforehand; no turning old home
nests upside down; no bowling down to
Mrs. Grundy, but just a quiet trip aud
return to mine own hired house" as
independent as ST. Paul. 1t was we'll
done, and when / gave it all to Joe,
and lot more, be smiled pleasantly
and proffercd box of cigars, of which
only took handful There was a
doubt brooding upon my mind at the
time that in. some way bad got left by
Joe, and before the first cigar was con-
sumed il dawned upon me that be
hadn't give me chance to trade to him
10-cent towel or o 20-cent glass dish
for Delmonico dinner and trimmings,
and tried to feel indignant. but I
could mt, when / reflected that / was
not the only one, for ''ihe woods was
full of EN- and the city too. noticed.
We all congratulated Fred Barth on
bis narrow escape from death at Cass-
vile last week. you .dwellers in cities
like Lancaster and CassyiIle, with rail.